Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Support this documentary film and share it with you social networks. We will need $200,000 ultimately to make the movie.Please consider donating $10.00, $25.00, $50.00 yourself if you are able - or more if that is possible.http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/385001342/wisconsin-rising

We really need to raise money on Kickstarter as the film is being funded entirely by people power!! In other words, there are no corporate sponsors, no commercial sponsors, just people like us! Donate now!!

Meet and greet with filmmaker Sam MayfieldSilent auction of art and political propaganda from WisconsinSpecial guests!Stories from MadisonComplementary drinks and snacksSuggested donation at the door: $10-500No one will be turned away for lack of funds

Please join us for a gathering to benefit the making of the feature-length documentary film Gentle Uprising. This fundraiser is the first broad appeal to our local community to support this project. Media maker Sam Mayfield has recently returned to Burlington from filming in Wisconsin, and is launching into post-production. This event specifically benefits this step in the film making process. You are receiving this invitation because you are a champion of economic justice, of independent media, of Madison, Wisconsin, or the work of Sam Mayfield.

“It is difficult to exaggerate the importance of the mass protests that have broken out in Madison, Wis. . . . This is the largest sustained rally for the rights of public sector workers that this country has seen in decades — perhaps ever.”

Progressive Magazine, February 28, 2011ABOUT THE FILM:

Following Governor Scott Walker’s announcement of his controversial budget repair bill, the people of Wisconsin rose up, occupied their state capital and took to the streets as never before seen in American History. Many say Walker’s bill is an assault on working people, unions and the poorest most vulnerable people in society. This film introduces you to those most affected by Walker's bill, and the subsequent reanimation of the American working class.

Gentle Uprising tells the story of how Wisconsin became a testing ground for the nation in a political environment where corporations have greater and greater clout and ordinary citizens are losing their ability to obtain redress. At a time when millions of families are feeling the crush of debt and joblessness while large corporations are seeing record profits, Badger state residents are demonstrating the strength that comes from a shared sense of identity and pride and that these bonds can shake even the most powerful political machines.